Remarks on the resolution adopted by the Honourable the Board of Health of the City of New York on the 6th Nov. inst. in relation to Dr. Nicholas Chervin, a French physician. [And his inquiries into the origin of yellow fever / [Nicholas Chervin].

  • Chervin, Nicholas, 1783-1843
Date:
1821]
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Credit: Remarks on the resolution adopted by the Honourable the Board of Health of the City of New York on the 6th Nov. inst. in relation to Dr. Nicholas Chervin, a French physician. [And his inquiries into the origin of yellow fever / [Nicholas Chervin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On Friday morning, the 9th inst. General Morton did me the honour to call upon me, and informed me that he could give no written answer to the note addressed to him the pre¬ ceding day; that he had laid it before the Mayor, President of the Board, and that I might apply to his honour for the answer requested. At the same time he stated to me ver¬ bally, that the cases considered by the honourable Board as having been suppressed by me in my transcription from their minutes, were those of Brooklyn, Perth Amboy, and Mid¬ dletown, besides some sporadic cases. He repeated to me that he had examined my extracts, and found them correct. In consequence of this conversation, I immediately addressed to his honour the Mayor, the following note, with a copy of that which I had sent the day before to the Secretary of the Board: To Stephen Allen, Esq. President of the Board of Health• Sir, I wrote yesterday the following letter to General Morton, Secretary of the Board of Health, and he told me this morn¬ ing that I must address you, as President of the Board, for the answer. I therefore humbly request your honour to take my prayer into consideration, and be pleased to favour me with a line on the subject referred to in the subjoined note. I am, with much respect, Your most humble and obedient servant, CHERVIN, D. M. P. No. 13 Murray-street. New-York, Nov. 9, 1821. Having received no answer from his honour, I went, Sa¬ turday, the 10th inst. to the office of Aaron H. Palmer, Esq. Notary Public, and submitted my extracts from the minutes of the Board of Health to that gentleman, in order to have